Doc busted for allegedly dealing pain meds at Uphoria Medical Clinic

The name of the Lakeland clinic, Uphoria Medical Clinic, should have been a big clue that something was a bit hinky.

Narcotics detectives arrested a Lakeland physician, Aaron Branham Roush, who is a board certified surgeon who refers to himself as a “pain management doctor,” for trafficking prescription drugs and 10 other charges, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Two female undercover detectives reportedly made a total of five appointments at the Uphoria Medical Clinic -- which were all recorded -- with Dr. Roush and both were seen by Dr. Roush, 44, who lives in Tampa,

When the undercover detective told the Doc her knee was “bothering her a little bit and aching for no reason,” Dr. Roush told her he would give her something for pain, and that she needed to get an X-ray and come back for another appointment. Doc Roush didn't ever bother to do some routine things like take the detective’s temperature, pulse, blood pressure, height, or weight -- and he met with the detective in his private office -- not an exam room, according to the release.

Yet he wrote her a prescription for 60 count Hydrocodone pills, and 30 count Carisprodol or Soma pills and told he if she got an X-ray and came back, he'd prescribe her Oxycodone, the report stated.

According to the Sheriff's Office, during other visits:*When the detective brought her "friend" with her who also had asked for a script for some pain meds, the Doc allegedly told the detective that he couldn’t remember what he had previously prescribed to her because he doesn’t keep copies of prescriptions he writes and added, “I’ll be more generous once you get an MRI.”*When the detective told the Doc that she wanted to stay on the hydrocodone that he had given her on the previous visit because it made her "feel good" and asked the doc to keep providing her with the drug, the Doc replied "Absolutely."*When the detective told the doc she had run out of oxycodone but had got some from a friend the Doc allegedly told her "You had to service her, you had to turn tricks on her, do tell. I'm bound by confidentially, but I want specific graphic details," according to the arrest affidavit.*The Doc also once told the detective he had some findings in her MRI and then told her to "come over here and sit in my lap while we go over them" and "turn down the lights."

Detectives said Dr. Roush accepts cash payments of $150.00 for any visit within 30 days of a prior visit, or $275.00 cash for a visit outside of 30 day limit.

Dr. Roush even asked the two undercover detectives they were law enforcement officers, if they were wearing wires and if they had heard about people being arrested for prescribing controlled narcotics, the report stated.

On Thursday, detectives served a search warrant on Uphoria Medical Clinic, and placed Dr. Aaron Roush under arrest and charged him with: three counts Trafficking in Hydrocodone (F-1), four counts Trafficking in Oxycodone (F-1), and four counts Assisting Another to Obtain Controlled Substance (F-3).

On the day of his arrest deputies reportedly found meth, pot, Xanax without a prescription, and Valium without a prescription in the Doc's car.

Here is a brief summary of Doc Roush's criminal history in Florida, according to the Polk County Sheriff's office:06/01/1997: Arrested by Tampa PD for DUI w/property damage (5 counts) 11/23/1997: Arrested by Hillsborough County SO for Assault 05/09/2006: Arrested by Polk County SO for Battery – Domestic Violence 05/23/2006: Arrested by Polk County SO for Violation of Injunction for Protection 04/09/2010: Sentenced from Polk County Court for Non Payment of Child Support – Purged out of jail for $11,000 05/11/2012: Sentenced from Polk County Court for Non Payment of Child Support– Purged out of jail for $9,000 He was also reprimanded in 2007 by the state Department of Health, fined an administrative fee of $10,000, and ordered to complete 25 hours of community service.